Logonna Daoulas (Finistère)

Logonna Daoulas (Finistère) mini guide

Saint-Monna’s church (XVIth century)

The North part of the primary building – the gothic rosary chapel - is dated 1495. In 1597, the Earl Michel de Rosmorduc extended the church. His coat of arms is visible on the top of the first pillar. The bell-tower is dated from 1618. Refurbished in 1700, as mentioned on the West wall, this Renaissance church with some gothic aspects had some major work done in 1781.

As builders and founders of Saint Monna’s and the other parish chapels, the Rosmorduc family had honorific privileges in Daoulas’ abbey and Saint Corentin’s cathedral in Quimper where the family’s recess dated 1608 can be found.

The church houses a stone statue of Saint Monna, Saint Monna as bishop, the Blessed Virgin, Saint Isidore (in Breton costume), saint Yves, four statues from the XVII th century from Anthoine’s workshop. On the 4th April 1808 a hurricane destroyed the southern stained glasses windows. In order to prevent future incidents, the size of the windows was reduced following the orders of the Imperial engineer Jean-Sébastien Goury.

The twelve Apostles cross

One of the strangest and very first Christianised Breton menhir (standing stone of 2.18m – over 7 foot) is located in a hamlet called Rungleo near the castle of Rosmorduc. It was initially a menhir or a military milestone which was “Christianised” between the Norman time and the XV th century. A very similar cross can be found in Moone Co. Kildare, Ireland. This curious monument is the oldest Calvary in Finistère.

Sainte-Marguerite’s chapel

The overall style of this chapel is gothic with a renaissance bell-tower. The west entrance to the chapel is dated 1603. It has a XVIIth century fountain carved into one of the chapel’s wall. A statute of Sainte-Marguerite is overlooking it. This saint is dedicated to pregnancy and delivery of the afterbirth. Sainte-Marguerite is celebrated the second Sunday of July.

Saint John the Baptist chapel (XVIIth century)
The chapel is overlooking the Daoulas river and is used as sea-mark for navigation. A lovely bell-tower with two balustrades is set over the chapel. The main entrance to the chapel holds the Rosmorduc’s coat of arms. It fountain is in a field a few meters away. It is dated from 1644.

The Manor (XVth century in the village)

This solid construction was built in Logonna’s stones and is dated from 1639. It used to be an outbuilding for Rosmorduc’s castle. The manor has two Norman doors, decorated and sculpted windows with tree chimneys.

 Other things to see are:

• Saint-Monna’s fountain (1671)
• Sainte-Marguerite’s fountain (1658)
• Saint John the Baptist’s fountain (1644)
• Gorré-ar-C'hoat’s Calvary (XVIth century)
• The cross of Ruliver (XVIth century).
  It has the Rosmorduc’s family coat of arms, an offering table and a statute of Saint Nicodème. This monument comes from Roland Doré’s workshop.

Other crosses and remains:

• Cléménéhy’s cross (circa 1630), Kerliver or Quinquis’ cross (circa 1510), the cemetery cross of Logonna-Daoulas (XIXth century), the mission cross of Logonna-Daoulas (XVIth century, restored in 1898), Penanvern’s cross (XVIth century), Prat-an-Dour’s cross (XVIth century).
• Moulin à mer (sea mill)
  Built near the Camfrout river it stopped working towards the end of the XIXth century. A dock was added to the site in 1925.

 Rosmorduc’s castle

Rosmorduc’s site was known from the XIth century onwards by the XXIXth charter of Landévennec’s cartulary also called “De Plebe Ermeliac”. This Renaissance castle was the home of the powerful and very influential Rosmorduc family especially when the Dukedom of Brittany was incorporated into the French Kingdom in 1532.

The castle could have been built, like many important Breton sites, on an ancient fortified retrenchment. Some very marked feudal remains of fortifications and moat can still be seen in the gardens. In 1608, Anne of Rosmorduc, heiress of the family name, titles and coat of arms, married Alain Le Gentil, Lord of Coëtninon, in Plomodiern. He was a member of a very old knightly family from French Cornwall (Cornouaille) heirs of Jehan companion in arms of High Constable Bertrand du Guesclin. In 1648, their son, Jacques, great grand-son of Marguerite de Cornouaille, built the double gate at the entrance of the castle.

During the French revolution, the castle was the property of Louis Earl of Rosmorduc, adjutant general of the royal army. He was one of the general officers who signed on the 18th December 1799 together with some Chouan leaders (Royalist insurgents in Brittany and the West) the peace treaty of Pouancé, prelude to the proclamation of the First Consul Bonaparte concerning pacification of the West. Sold by the nation from 1793 to 1798, the domain was bought back in the XIXth century by Georges Earl of Rosmorduc, archivist-palaeographer, laureate of the “Ecole des Chartes”, who started restoration of the castle with Henri Mellet, architect in Rennes.

Rosmorduc’s chapel (1697)
This is the castle’s private chapel built in 1697 by Alain Le Gentil and Barbe le Bigot Earls of Rosmorduc.

Within easy reach of Logonna Daoulas attractions like as Lac de Guerlédan - Cotes-d'Armor (96 km), Megaliths at Carnac (121 km), Château de Kerguéhennec (125 km), or Château de Josselin (136 km) are all worth visiting. See our resource guide above for more useful tips and suggestions on accommodation nearby or you can jump straight to accommodation in Logonna Daoulas or take a look at real estate in Logonna Daoulas.

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Guide point	Details
Department:	North West France > Brittany > Finistère >
Public Transport:	The closest airport to Logonna Daoulas is Brest Airport (17 km) also worth considering are St. Brieuc Airport (109 km), Dinard Airport (166 km), or Rennes Airport (192 km).
Tourist information website:	http://www.rives-armorique.fr/
Tourist information contact email:	infos@rives-armorique.fr
Tourist information switch board number:	02 98 21 37 67
Tourist information address:	59 rue de Brest 29208 Landerneau
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